The new leader of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia said today that he would wait for the “slogan” of Moscow before holding a referendum on the accession of this region of Georgia to Russia.
Moscow has recognized South Ossetia and the coastal region of Abkhazia as independent after a brief war with Georgia in 2008.
It has provided them with extensive financial support, Russian citizenship to their inhabitants, while it has sent military force there.
Speaking to TASS news agency, Alan Glagoev, who defeated Anatoly Bibilov in the weekend presidential election, said that South Ossetia, in order to hold a referendum on its membership in the Russian Federation, also wants Moscow to participate.
“This is not a one-sided process. We need to reach an agreement with our strategic partner (Russia). Once the signal is given, as soon as there is an agreement that the time has come, we will clearly hold this referendum,” he said. Glagoev at the agency.
Any move by South Ossetia to join the Russian Federation is sure to provoke Western condemnation.
Georgia has called the referendum plans unacceptable.
Glagoev’s comments contradict the position of his predecessor in the presidency, Bibilov, who said in March that the region would take legal action to join the Russian Federation in the near future.
The Kremlin has said in the past that there has been no legal action to hold such a referendum, but that Russia respects the opinion of the people of South Ossetia.
Source: Capital
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